The Sou'wester Vol. 80 No. 28 Rhodes College Wednesday, March 24, 1993 M Scholars Have Party To Benefit Disabled by Emily Flinn Scholars, as well as other Rhodes Staff Writer students who simply came and joined On Saturday, March 20, a party was in the fun. The students mingled with held in the pub for a group of people the visitors, introducing themselves with physical disabilities. The party and getting to know one another. was hosted by Bonner Scholars and Games were played to help break the Day Scholars from Rhodes, in con- ice and introduce everyone, and there junction with the Memphis Center for was even "Sit down Square Danc- Independent Living. ing," in which everyone could par- The Center, which began operating ticipate without even standing up. eleven years ago, is a nonprofit group Everyone enjoyed the music provid- which seeks to aid people with ed by singer/guitarists Turner and disabilities in fully integrating their White. lives into the community at large. The party helped to make many They provide information and refer- students aware of the difficulties for rals on resources available to people people with disabilities. Many with disabilities, on everything from buildings, including some of the older making a home wheelchair accessible ones on Rhodes campus, are not easi- to securing employment. The center ly accessible to people with also offers support programs, in- disabilities, especially those who use cluding the PALs program, in which wheelchairs. The restrooms in Hassell a child is paired with an adult with a Hall had to be used, since the ones in The new mail services policy might make this site even more common. similar disability, in order to provide the Student Center were not accessi- a positive role model. ble. Bradley stated that there are many The Party was a community service changes which could be made to make project of the Bonner and Day Rhodes more accessible, that would Mail Services: Return To Sender Scholars, students who receive not be difficult to accomplish. Even by Brent Moberly months of the new system, it will take service) deliver to the institution," she scholarships on the basis of their par- such things as the way door handles Associate Editor a letter that has no box number longer said. "The institution is required to ticipation in community service ac- and light switches work must be taken into consideration. Even though Elvis lovers relish Return to Sender. to be delivered than it would for such distribute the mail. If there is not suf- tivities. Many of these students met with Pam Bradley, Assistant Director Rhodes is a private school, it does Rhodes students don't - not when a letter to be delivered under the pres- ficient information to locate the ad- ent system. Lewis estimated a two to dressee, then the mail is redirected. As of the Center, and Ken Hoover, the receive some federal funding, and they envision masses of letters therefore must have some sort of stamped "return to sender" not three day difference in delivery time. irritating as the policy may be, it's new Coordinator for the Center, After the six month grace period, let- legal." earlier in the week to learn about how outline and timetable of changes to be because they are improperly address- made in order to be more accessible, ters without the box number will not But is the lack of a box number to talk and act around people with ed, but because they lack the four digit according to the Americans with box be delivered; they will be sent back, enough to qualify a letter as insuffi- disabilities. They leained proper ter- number required by the mail Disabilities Act. The Act has set room's new delivery policy. Return to sender. ciently addressed? The mail room, minology to use, such as saying a per- son "with a disability" instead of say- guidelines which businesses and in- Starting next semester (Fall 93), all The Return to Sender clause has after all, does have a list of students ing a person stitutions must follow. mail addressed to students must in- been the source of much student con- that contains each student's box "inflicted" or "suffer- ing" clude a box number. Mail that does not cern. "I am aware that the mail room number. If the letter is addressed to a from something, as well as basic Bradley stated that she chose Rhodes include this number will be redirected. is trying to become more efficient," current student, and the name appears politeness, like talking to someone in for this project because she knew that According to Bill Lewis, director of said Junior Dave Killilea, "but it will legibly, then is the mail room justified a wheelchair on their own level instead there would be students willing to mail services, such stringent measures be difficult for me to contact in redirecting a letter? The question of towering over them. volunteer. She praised the students for are needed to insure that students com- everybody that I think will write me then becomes one of the amount of ef- The party was attended by par- their hard work, and their ability to ply with the new policy. and give them a new address. I can't fort required (or not required) to deter- ticipants in the newly formed PALs make the guests feel at ease and have The new policy assigns each student contact every mail order company in mine the addressee. program and many Bonner and Day fun. a permanent box. Students retain the America. I don't have a problem with Many feel that the mail room is not same mail box until they graduate. getting mail late, but I do have a pro- justified in redirecting a letter. "I Boxes vacated by departing students blem with not getting the mail at all." don't think we should suffer from a Room Draw Information are assigned to incoming students. Bill Lewis claims that the Return to change," said Killilea, "It's a service Rising Men Women Rising Men Women This system, according to Lewis, not Sender policy is in accordance to the provided to Rhodes, and they should Juniors Sophomores only eliminates the yearly need to US postal systems domestic mail provide that service to us." 6:00 1-60 1-70 7:45 1-60 1-70 recall and redistribute boxes, but also guidelines. "We're a miniature post "We have to resort to extreme 6:15 61-120 71-140 8:00 61-120 71-140 allows faster, more efficient delivery office," he said, "we can do measures," said Lewis, "if we didn't, 6:30 121-180 141-210 8:15 121-180 141-210 of mail. "The new system won't just everything a post office can do, and nobody would comply. Our goal is 6:45 181-240 211-280 8:30 181-240 211-280 help us deliver mail," said Lewis, we have to follow the same rules." reach as close to 100% usage of the 7:00 241-291 281-362 8:45 241-291 281-362 "but it will help clubs distribute mail- A representative for the Postal Ser- box numbers as possible. If students 7:15 292-330 363-395 9:00 292-330 363-395 ings to their members." vice stressed that the mail room is not will bear with us, they'll see a signifi- The present policy does not require an official post office. "Don't call it cant change in the way their mail is a box number because postal boxes are a post office," she said. According to processed." Failure to arrive by the assigned Roaten in the Dean of Student Affairs assigned to alphabetical order. The this representative, Lewis is operating "Of course they'll become more ef- time will result in the next number be- Office. exit of graduating seniors and the in- within postal system guidelines. "The ficient," said Killilea, "if they send ing called. Class status is based on year of flux of incoming first year students, law requires only that we (the postal half our mail back." All students on the wait list will be graduation and not on number of however, requires that boxes be recall- assigned rooms after April 1. academic hours. ed at the end of each academic year Lewis Answers Other Questions About Mail Services Eligible students who have If you have a disability which re- and reassigned before the start of the The $.50 package handling fee: deposited and fail to select a lottery quires you to have access to a certain next. Lewis complains that the yearly Fifty cents is added to all priority mail packages over $2.90 and to all UPS, number will have to choose from room type please contact Judy Roaten allocation of postal boxes is both time Federal Express, and Express mail packages. Lewis said that this charge among remaining numbers. To do so, in the Dean of Student Affairs Office. consuming and labor intensive. "It is is necessary because these carriers charge a fee to pickup packages from you will need to come to the Dean of You must present a physician's state- expensive," said Lewis, "for us to Rhodes. Student Affairs Office as soon as ment documenting this need. take up mailbox keys, sort them, and The prioe of stamps In the stamp machine: possible. Failure to show up for lot- Remember, students have until May re-issue them next year." He also Two post card stamps (19 cents each) cost fifty cents, one first class stamp tery selection and room selection will 1 to receive a refund on their housing complains cents) costs forty cents, and two first class stamps cost seventyve cents. result in being placed on the wait list. deposit. that the present system The machine, according to Lewis, is run by a private individual. makes it difficult for student workers Students on the wait list will not par- If you have questions please see to sort and distribute mail. Lewi plane to met with Student Assembly to dicus the hanges ticipate in lottery selection or room Karen Silien or Judy Roaten in the But that is not to say that the new to the ml room polioy. selection. If you are not sure if you are Dean of Student Affairs Office or call system is perfect. For the first six on the wait list, please check with Judy x3815. Campus Wednesday, March 24, 1993 Expert On Indian Untouchable YMovement Speaks During Asia Week by Joe Hardin leading his sociopolitical movement. Staff Writer The Mohar caste is made of village Dr. Eleanor Zelliot of Carleton Col- servants, whose traditional duties, in- lege gave a talk on the sociopolitical cluding such activities as horse groom- movement of an Indian untouchable ing and carrying wood, were con- caste on Wednesday, March 17. The siderably phased out during British Asian Studies department, as well as rule, when many members became those of history and religion, spon- butlers and other higher ranking sored this event as a part of this year's household servants. Ambedkar used Asian Week. The informal discussion this untouchable caste as the basis for focused on the leader Ambedkar, who his movement. He initiated the conver- after the partition of India led his caste sion of most of his caste from Hin- in a quest for social mobility. duism to Buddhism, after he was Dr. Zelliot, who has studied this denied entry into Hindu temples and figure since the early 1960s-when she prohibited from learning Sanskrit. became the first western scholar to do Ambedkar adopted Buddhism because so-began the discussion with the it is both an ancient Indian religion and observation that although Indian socie- one that teaches equality. Dr. Zelliot ty can be characterized by strong caste emphasized that the movement attain- and family structures, which lock in- ed a great deal of pride - a crucial fac- dividuals into certain identities, she tor for social mobility. still believes that there is no other A burst of literary and artistic country in which on individual can ac- creativity accompanies this movement. complish so much as in India. In the Literature, poetry, and theater, all with Four Kappa Delta's fight over one man during last weekends Kappa Delta Dance Marathon. Abbey Markward context of this observation, Dr. Zelliot themes of the untouchables' suffering and partner were the big winners of the night, dancing until 8 a.m. next morning. examined the remarkable ac- and struggle form an important part of complishments of Ambedkar, the four- the movement, in which both talented teenth child of a Mohar caste family, men and women participate. With who began his education in Bombay slides from her recent trip to India, Dr. Campus News Shorts to go on to obtain degrees from Col- Zelliot showed examples of this thriv- umbia University and the London ing aspect of the community, as well On Thursday, March 25, 1993, Dr. books, nnost recently The Russians Willerton received Honorable Mention School of Economics, and returned to as the common use of images of Wayne S. Smith, noted scholar, Aren't C(oming: New Soviet Policy in for their participation in the Economic India to gain a position on the Indian Ambedkar by the movement, local author, and commentator on Latin Latin Annerica, of which he is the and Finance Committee. Judd Peak, constitution drafting committee as well religion, and the government as sym- America, particularly U.S. policy editor. C)thers include Portrait of Debbie Glenn, and Jeff Martin ('90) as that of law minister, all in addition to bols of hope and nationalism. toward Cuba and other Caribbean Cuba an d Toward Resolution: The were selected to serve on staff for the states, will make a presentation on Falklandss/Malvinas Dispute, plus his 1994 Midwest Model UN. U.S. policy and Latin America in the first per son work The Closest of Other Rhodes students participating 1990s, emphasizing such contem- Enemies: A Personal and Diplomatic in the Model UN were Rossanna Pun- Clift: "Some Campaign porary issues as policy toward Cuba Account of the Castro Years. zalan, Thu Hoang, Heather Moore, and Haiti. The presentation will be at Dr. Smith appears frequently in the Phil Darnell, Stephanie Rogers, Ann Promises Deserve To Be Broken" 4:15 p.m. Thursday, March 25, in nationalp press, on network TV, and in McCranie, Stanley Burke, Daniel by Gayla Bassham that the forces that sustained Ross Blount Auditorium. Klinghard, documenltary videos on Cuba. John Little, Julie Nichols, Editor Perot's and Paul Tsongas's campaigns Dr. Smith was for 25 years a foreign Laura Lindley, Bryan Kuns, Sarah are still very much present in the service officer of the Department of Wolford, Bryan Shelby, Nancy "You might call Clinton Great United States. These forces, she said, State, and saw service in the Soviet On Maarch 3-6, 1993, the Rhodes Braam, and Trent Taylor. Society II," Eleanor Clift of Union, Brazil, and Argentina, as well College IUN Club participated in the Newsweek magazine commented in are why Congress wants to make even as Cuba. At the end of his distinguish- Midwest Model United Nations at St. the Seidman lecture she delivered on more budget cuts than Clinton. ed career, Dr. Smith was the first chief Louis, Missouri. The countries The Oxford Scholarship Committee March 2. Clinton's proposed budget cuts were of mission at the U.S. interests section represented by the Rhodes delegates (Professors McEntire, Haynes, and While Professor James Lanier, the fairly drastic themselves, unlike his in Havana, Cuba, in the early 1980s. were Cutba and Brazil. A total of 22 Lanier) has awarded three John Henry first speaker in a series of four lectures predecessor's budget proposals. After leaving the foreign service, Dr. Rhodes students participated. David Scholarships, each in the on the Great Society, focused on Lyn- "Reagan's attitude toward the deficit Smith has pursued an academic career, Several Rhodes students were amount of $3,166.00 to the following don Johnson's Great Society programs was 'It's big enough to take care of most notably at the School for Advanc- recognized for their participation in the Rhodes students: Douglas Jeffre Cor- in the Sixties, Clift concentrated in- itself,' " commented Clift. ed International Studies of the Johns Model UN. Jason Cormier won the nille, Susan Elise Ewart, and Holly stead on how the Clinton Administra- While voters seem to appreciate Hopkins University. He continues his title of Beest Delegate in the Economic Tess Hall. These scholarships are to tion may affect the United States in the Clinton's honesty and serious ap- scholarly pursuits there, and has and Social Council. Kevin Gideon be applied to the tuition of BSAO Nineties. proach, Clinton will have to run a recently become a senior fellow at the won the title of Best Delegate in the 1993. The office of British Studies at Clinton, said Clift, believes that role perpetual campaign to sell his Center for International Policy in working group drafting a treaty for Oxford is grateful to the Committee of government is as a force for good; economic and health care plan, said Washington, D.C. handling investigation of crimes of for their thoughtful reading of the she added that many people simply do Clift. The Washington media will not Dr. Smith is the author of several genocide Vimal Shah and Shane applications. not know who can fix the problems of be much help to him, since the press the country if the government does tends to concentrate on weaknesses not. rather than strengths. FUN IN THE SUN Because Bush faced up to no domes- "Clinton really didn't get a honey- tic problems, the Republicans (except moon in the press," she said. AT HABITAT'S BUILD AID III for former Housing and Urban Many Americans remember the Six- Development Secretary Jack Kemp) ties more for the decade-long turmoil Saturday, March 27 have no credibility on the domestic as for Johnson's Great Society. While agenda-so the country wants to give the Nineties may not match the Overton Park Shell the Democratic Clinton a chance. upheaval of the Sixties, Clift predicted Although Clinton went back on his that nothing will be dull with Bill Clin- 1:00 'til dark promise to cut middle-class taxes, he ton in charge. hopes that the middle-class will feel "Clinton is an activist, in your face $3 Students enlisted in a cause rather than resent leader, and there is going to be con- his broken promise. Clift believes that flict and controversy, I predict, every Groove with the music of: the middle class will probably back the moment this man is in office," she President up. explained. NAIL TEN HANDS "Some campaign promises deserve NOISUFUSION THE SUNSEEKERS to be broken," said Clift, "and when Is Your Club Planning they're broken I call it courage." An Upcoming Event? NUCLEAR CAFE NEW WORLD ORDER According to Clift, the message of the 1992 election is that the country is Contact the All proceeds benefit Rhodes Habitat for Humanity ready to face up to the economic prob- Campus Editor lems of the Eighties. She pointed out Wednesday, March 24, 1993 Campus ~e~B~a~ WIeekly Crossword "Crayola" By Gerry Frey ACROSS 1 Joint 5 Rome's river r 10 Baseball Stats r 14 mater 15 Worship z 16 Gleecdubmember Z 17 Colorful pirate 19 Bun & Hamiton con- test 20 Paui 21 Pub offerings 22 Movietheater 24 Guarantee 26 Doc Severson, eg 28 Loch _ monster 30 Wedding 33 Start 36 Bards 6 38 God:lathn 6 3 Tank_ 40 Toothed whels 41 Mid eetive 42 Suldhngetaension 5 Follows multIplication 43 Ms. Lollobrigida 43 Ma. Garbo AFrenchIdea 44 Sonny&Chastity 44 Root vegetables 6 7 Brag 46 AncIent Egyptian king 46 Pt ltthroughthe 48 Pooh's creator &tamly Maytag again ? 8 Bewrong 9 Clorul soldiers 50 loofa, loom 47 CalIonia problem 10 Gia 52 Greek maketpce Dean Harlow discusses multlculturalism at Rhodes. 49 Most sensible 11 Coru mountains 53 Female goat 51 Mad 12 Pleceofnaws 54 Fencingwords 55 RobWns pd 13 Byonesetf:Latin Noways Capital 58 Soothing preparation 57 18 Ms. Black 56 MedIcinlplant Roundtable Multiculturalism and Masters Program 59 Breach 23 irfammaory sulbt 58 Loretta quirement imbedded in the current cultural activities. There is the 60 Woelsme whole number 62 Dakota Indian by Jennifer Larson building 25 Smallest 81 Colorful Musical dramas 63 Mr Danson Campus Editor curriculum. Such a requirement would possibility that the goal for Rhodes knowledge 27 64 Traditional 29 Velocities incorporate a variety of disciplines, in- College to boost multiculturalism at 68 Eagle'snest The Rhodes College Roundtable 31 Uncluttered convened Tuesday afternoon, March cluding history, literature, philosophy, the present should be an emphasis on as seagle 32 Supreme beings 67 Army meal 16, at 4 p.m. in the Orgill Room of and art; this could take the form of a what is already offered. 33 Former heavyweight general requirement that could be 68 Wllam Butler Max Clough Hall. Dean Harlow began the The second topic introduced was the 89 Doris & Dennis HICKS 34 Uttle gi InParis forum with opening remarks, which fulfilled with any of various choices. Masters' Programs at Rhodes. The DOWN 35 Colorful awards were followed by the traditional open- Professor Wright brought up the Accounting Masters' program that was i Black grain SERVICE existing problem of the lack of 37 Cereal ing prayer. Dean Harlow told the already approved so that accounting majors 2 McGovern 40 Colorful Wisconsin . TYPESETTING time for most students and suggested 3 Gather LAYOUT Roundtable about an alumni gathering could sit for the CPA exam when the City that multiculturalism be incorporated 4 IBM competitor Brain tests CAMERA-READY ART in Atlanta where classes from 1939 to standards were altered will begin in 41 into the already existing curriculum. 614 POPLAR 1992 were represented. o 1993 All ritsrserved GFR Associates August of this year. Future masters' 526-8012 The first topic introduced-was a con- Discussion continued on various program's effects on students and the P.O. Box 461, Schesectady,NY 12301 FAX 523-8052 tinuation of a previous Roundtable issues surrounding mlticulturalism in purpose of the college were debated. topic discussion. Professor Wright the Rhodes curriculum. Included in Helen Norman passed out sheets of began the discussion with the question, this was the definition of multicul- statistics on small liberal arts schools "What can we do with our curriculum turalism, goals, the extent to which comparable to Rhodes that have to make it more multicultural?" There curriculum could be broadened, and masters' programs. has been progress made in the past five outside interaction for students. Ac- years to incorporate multiculturalism cording to several members of Round- However, Professor Clifton report- into the curriculum but improvements table, students need to be exposed to ed various responses from the faculty are still needed, according to Professor multiculturalism outside the class- committees that were skeptical on the Wright. room; unfortunately, according to whole. Other members voiced con- Student Roundtable representative Jason Carmel, the students who need cerns over the perception of the col- Chris Robinson offered a suggestion to be exposed do not always realize lege by prospective students, as well for doing so: a multiculturalism re- that they could benefit from multi- as the skepticism of current students.

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CORRSIMMCAW 1E. For more information please call CPT Fugate at 678-2933. . SWednesday, March 24, 1993 Sports TheWI DE Intramural March Madness? Let's Hope Not by Thomas Johnson First Floor Townsend is in the West, of the Year, one would think Matt Duff is two losses away from the WORLD OF SMURFS Well, now that the varsity basket- I do not know. but Director Matt Dean Dean would have the award wrapped longest losing streak ever in intramural by Chip Riggs, Sports Editor ball team finally lost in the NCAA says it has something to do with up because of varsity assistant play. Team Duff, aptly named after tournament, Mallory Gymnasium on "geographics," a word he picked up coaching experience; however, this is the beer Homer drinks on The Simp- the campus of Rhodes College is open from Herb Hilgeman. not the case. If Chad Davidson can sons TV show, was masterminded by for intramural play. And the in- The early favorite in the East is the design an offense capable of getting Jason Narenkivicious and has the most The NL (L)East tramural basketball leagues are taking Security Guard team led by John Cardwell and Fulton enough shots to balanced scoring attack in intramural full advantage of it. Let's take a brief Austin, and in the West the varsity keep them both happy, he definitely basketball. None of Duff's players I had to debate about the necessity glance at this year's season. SAE team coached by Chad Davidson. deserves to be the Most Valuable average over three points a game, and (or validity) of even writing a column Director of Intramurals Matt Dean, The Security Guards are favored Coach in B-League. tight end Mike Sherrill even averages predicting the winner of the N.L. East who also moonlights as an assistant because they went to the finals last negative one point a game due to il- because I don't think it matters. After coach on the varsity team, decided year and because they picked up In- B League legal shots. all, whoever it is will get the privilege again this year to divide intramural tramural Director Mark Dean. Austin B-League should be a rout for the When asked about the losing streak, of losing to the N.L. West winner in basketball into three men's leagues and feels Dean can help the Security PIKE team, for one reason and one Narenkivicious said: "It's all right, the playoffs. But, I thought, I should one women's league. Dean's new Guards team, if not through his basket- reason only: Tom Ramsey. Ramsey is we're all used to it. We're just a bunch at least give them the benefit of the Assistant Director of Intramurals, ball skills, then through favorable one of the ten best basketball players of losers anyway." doubt and write them a column, lest Larry Dagenhart, after reviewing the scheduling and referee assignments. at Rhodes College-period-all division. some of the New York Mets (like program thoroughly, did not feel the The varsity SAE team, not to be con- Therefore, his presence in B-League D-League Dwight Gooden, et all) decide to come need to change intramural basketball fused with the JV SAE team led by is a joke and should be reviewed by The women's league only has five and rape and beat me. Oh, well ... in any way in an effort to improve it. roommates Hunter West and Kemper the Sand Bagging Committee. teams in it, and the women's Facul- * The first, and most important, The men's leagues are A League, for Maxwell, is picked first in the West One of the most exciting teams in B- ty/Staff team should win the title again * thing is that the Pirates will NOT win intermediate players, B League for because they have three former school League, though, should again be because all the four sorority teams tend the East this season. They simply lack beginning players, C League for terri- basketball players. Chad Davidson, M-E-A-T. M-E-A-T holds its team to to forfeit their games due to lack of talent, now that they've lost Barry ble players, and the women's league Chris Caldwell, and Mike Fulton all stringent weight qualifications- players and lack of interest. SBonds, Doug Drabek, Jose Lind, etc., is known as D League. played for Herb Hilgeman's team at players must weigh at least 225 So as you can see, intramural etc., ad infinitum, some time or another, but ironically, pounds-and two of M-E-A-T's best ad nauseum. Now, A-League basketball will again be action-packed having said that, I will further predict John Bratton, who has never played athletes are 250 lbs point guard Skip this year and you shouldcome out and that the Expos will win the division. There were so many entries into the college basketball, is the SAE team's Kramer and 290 lb. man-child Percy support your favorite team. Go Team Felipe Alou did a terrific job after tak- A League this year that the league had best player. Courseault. M-E-A-T even advertises Duff!! ing over last season, bringing the Ex- to be divided into two divisions, the Josh Morris is the pre-season choice its games on the Rat bulletin board, pos from fourth to second, and giving East and West, similar to the SEC. for Player of the Year in A-League. saying "Ladies, come see 2,000 (Editors Note: In C-League, watch them a reasonable chance to win. This The West Division includes such Morris, who was recently voted Kap- pounds of pure M-E-A-T. out for the Magic. Led by brilliant year, he will take them over the top. teams as the Sigma Nus, the Security pa Sig Athelete of the Decade, does point guard Chip Riggs and brutaliz- The Expos have good enough starting Guards, and the FCA, while the West not have a very good team and as a C'League ing post player Jim (Shag O') Turner, Spitching, great relief pitching, and a Division has two SAE teams, the ATO result he should get enough shots off It is really not worth previewing C- The Magic should shatter all scoring solid everyday lineup. Dennis Mar- team, and First Floor Townsend. Why to win the MVP award. As for Coach League except to point out that Team and victory records.) tinez anchors their rotation, while Mel Rojas and John Wetteland throws nothing but smoke out of the bullpen. The expos should win 90 games, which should take this division. - 1993 Rhodes Baseball Preview - * After the Expos, the division is a pick-em. I think the Mets will pro- 1993 Schedule bably finish second simply on the strength of Eddie Murray and Bobby DATE OPPONENT TIME TEAM FACTS: Bonilla's big bats. Their starting pit- ching is decent and their bullpen's not Feb. 24 At Lambuth 2 p.m. Head Coach: Jim Elgin ' terrible, so they should be ok. Mar. 6 at Centre (DH) 1 p.m. Phone: (0) 901-726-3945 * The Phillies-yes, the Phillies- will finish third. That right, I said the Mar. 12 at Hendrix 3 p.m. (H) 901-327-5222 ' Phillies will finish THIRD. Not last, or even second to last, but third. Why Mar. 13 at Hendrix 1 p.m. Best Time to Reach: do I make such a big claim? Simply Wed. AM's / Home: 7-11 p.m. Sbecause their talent, though rather Mar. 15 Principia (DH) 1 p.m. pitiful, is not quite as bad as the Cubs, Mar. 16 at Christian Brothers U. 2:30 p.m. Record at School: ...... 1st Year Cardinals, Pirates or Marlins. Darren 1992 Overall Record: ...... 11-20 Daulton and John Kruk anchor their Mar. 20 at Millsaps (DH) 1 p.m. offense, and Terry Mulholland could 1992 Overall Home Record:...... 6-10 win twenty games. Mar. 21 at Millsaps 1 p.m. 1992 Overall Away Record: ...... 5-10 * The Cardinals should finish Mar. 23 Lambuth (DH) 1 p.m. fourth. They have lots of speed, as 1992 SCAC Record/Finish: ...... 2-4 ' usual, but they have very little power Mar. 24 Lemoyne-Owen 1 p.m. (also as usual). Their starting pitching (3rd SCAC West) is bad, but their bullpen is okay. They Mar. 26 Williams Baptist (DH) 1 p.m. ' might do better than fourth. We'll see. 1992 Home Record: ...... 0-3 * The Pirates are a solid fifth-place Mar. 28 Millsaps (DH) 1 p.m. 1992 SCAC Away Record: ...... 2-1 pick. They have very little pitching, ' almost no hitting, and a meager Mar. 30 at Williams Baptist (DH) 1 p.m. Assistant Coach; ...... Alan Reynolds bullpen. Their manager's great 1 p.m. though, and their mascot's not bad. Mar. 31 at Lemoyne-Owen (DH) Home Field I/Capacity: Fargason Field I 500 * The Cubs are terrible. They lost Apr. 2 Illinois Wesleyan (DH) 1 p.m. their one real power source, Andre Dawson, to the Reil Sox. Ryne Sand- Apr. 4 Arkansas College (DH) 1 p.m. berg, though great, can't carry them Head Coach Jim Elgin on his back. Without Cy Young Apr. 9 Trinity 3 p.m. Jim Elgin begins his first year as the head coach of the Lynx - Award winner Greg Maddux, their Apr. 10 Trinity (DH) 12 p.m. pitching is crap. , baseball team. Elgin, a 1986 graduate of Rhodes, started his * The Marlins. The Marlins. What Apr. 13 at Arkansas College (DH) 1 p.m. coaching career at Haywood County High School in else can you say? Brownsville, Tenn., where he served as an assistant football Because this division is so balanced Apr. 17 Hendrix (DH) 1 p.m. coach and head baseball coach. As a player, Elgin was a (every team is weak), there could be quarterback and punter on the football team and a pitcher and surprises. Maybe something will hap- Apr. 19 Christian Brothers U. 2:30 p.m. third baseman on the baseball squad. He received all con- Spen (ie,a miracle from God) and an fenco .football honors once and all conference basebal honors N.L. East team will make the World SCAC games listed In bold type three times. Series. Don't count on it, though. DH-Denotes Doubleheader Editorial Wednesday, March 24, 1993

Editorial: LETTER FROM UNDERGROUND by Clay Combs ' Pro-Life and/or Pro-Death? Sting Revisits Canterbury by Gayla Bassham, Editor Sting has never looked as message: amidst life's confusion and comparisons to Dave Brubeck's Time unabashedly goofy as he looks on the loss of faith, there is always love. The Out, a jazz standard of experimenta- In St. Louis, protestors outside an abortion clinic have been carry- cover of Ten Summoner's Tales. His album takes off from there. Most of tion with time signatures.) Such fgays ing signs reading, "Do you feel under the Gunn?" first couple of solo outings bore the the other songs on the album are love into the rhythmic netherworld shoiuld Ever since anti-abortion activist Michael Griffin's murder of abor- serious-and-sensitive pose he'd songs in one way or another. But Sting not surprise us, given Sting's tenure tionist David Gunn, the clinics have not only felt under the gun, they've cultivated during his stormy rise to pop avoids falling into the love song's with the Police, one of the most been under the gun. Many of the clinics have been receiving death superstardom. His last album cover thematic trap. He doesn't rewrite rhythmically sophisticated bands this threats. Doctors who perform abortions are resorting to bullet-proof gave us, of all things, a painting. thousands of other love songs. Instead, side of fusion. It should be noted the (What does Sting think he is, an ar- vests and guns of their own. Some are quitting altogether. he constructs new situations, deftly musicians assembled for this album, tist?) Sometime in the last few months, weaving tales in a narrative voice and basically the same as for The Soul One would think that self-styled "pro-lifers" would be the first to Sting must have realized even the style uniquely his own. Cages, acquit themselves nobly again, condemn vigilante justice. After all, if a group is pro-life, then it should greatest of pop musicians has a human Beyond the mere avoidance of making the musical twists easier to be anti-death. Such does not seem to be the case. While many anti- side. This time he's cut the crap and cliche, it is the task of the great digest by combining technical virtuosi- abortion groups have come out against Michael Griffin and his actions, put his face closer to where it may songwriter to explore more than the ty with a very natural feel. many others have not. Most have offered only tepid criticism of Grif- belong: in roughly the same composi- stated themes within an established Through it all, Sting does what fin; some seem to stop just short of applauding cold-blooded murder: tional territory as a horse's pa-toot. So framework. To this end, Sting ex- aspiring pop masters must do: he mar- - Randall Terry of Operation Rescue commented that "While we before you even pop the disc in the CD amines here the tensions between ries original lyrics with catchy tunes grieve for him . .. we must also grieve for the thousands of children player, you know you're getting morality and the heart ("Love Is that insinuate themselves into our that he has murdered." something a little different from Sting, Stronger Than Justice"), class conflict heads and bodies. As backup vocalist arguably the master craftsman of the ("She's Too Good For Me"), Janice Pendarvis put - Debbie Dykes of the American Family Association (the same the it in Bring On pop song. anguish of forbidden love ("Saint The Night, the documentary film about ' group that is distributing the wildly distorted documentary The Gay This time around, Sting is like Ar- Augustine in Hell") and the reserva- the making of Sting's first solo album, Agenda to thirty thousand churches nationwide) said that "I think that by's: different is probably good. His tions of a peaceful citizen in a his music is both cerebral and visceral the man that was killed - and it was unfortunate - he should be glad last effort, The Soul Cages, while militarized world ("Shape Of My - he gives you something to think that he was not killed the same way he has killed other people, which removing any lingering doubts of his Heart"). He injects these and other about, but he also gives you something is limb by limb." brilliance, subjected us all to the songs with substantial subtexts without you can feel. In doing this, he garners - Don Treshman of Rescue America reasoned that "While Gunn's songwriter's desperate attempts to losing the integrity of the main text. just the right amount of respect for the , death is unfortunate, it's also true that quite a number of babies' lives come to grips with the death of his As with all his best songs, the new pop idiom. Sting takes the marginally will be saved." father. It was an awesome album, ones work on many levels and bear redeemable medium of commercial ' - Matt Trewhella of Missionaries to the Unborn said that since he proof that pop music should command many listenings, yielding new insights music and imbues it with some of the as much respect as (dare we say it?) with each successive play. human spirit. That's a feat. would not condemn someone who killed doctors who performed literature. But after a rich meal, we On the musical side, the new album While The Summoner's Tales, atrocities during the Holocaust, "neither will I condemn Michael Grif- sometimes need a couple salad days. gives listeners something to chew on. doesn't match the excellence of some fin." Ten Summoner's Tales is a great salad. Sting stays close to pop's standard of his past work, it continues the string Wouldn't you feel under the gun? With the opening cut, the radio- tonic-subdominant-dominant-relative of consistently good albums by a mas- Both Dykes and Treshman used the word "unfortunate" - in- ready "If I Ever Lose My Faith In minor foothold, but augments it with ter craftsman, a sometime artist whose teresting, because -munfortunate" is a word that pro-choice activists You," Sting sets the stage for a smart modulations, fascinatin' rhythms and career is already distinguished enough often use in discussing abortion. "Unfortunate" is a word that anti- album with a pop sensibility. In a unorthodox (for pop) time signatures. to withstand the release of an album abortion protestors reject as an inappropriate description of the loss polished musical package that avoids Two songs work in 7/4 time, one in that is merely head and shoulders of human life. "Unfortunate!" they say. "How can you call the kill- cliches, he sends out a simple, clear (!) 5/4. (This fact alone should invite above the average pop effort. ing of a baby simply unfortunate?" (The answer, of course, is that a fetus is nota baby.) NOTE: But apparently the killing of a grown man, of a father, son, and The Sou'wester does The Sou'wester brother much loved by his family, is trivial enough to be brushed off with that same adjective. Apparently many "pro-lifers" can also be not accept unsigned let- The Sou'wester is the official GAYLA D. BASSHAM ters to the editor student newspaper of Rhodes Col- Editor pro-death, as long as they get to decide who lives and who dies. for lege. It is published every Wednes- The scariest part of this is that many - not all - anti-abortionists publication. day throughout the fall and spring MATTHEW C. HARDIN are becoming more and more willing to take matters into their own semesters with the exception of BRENT MOBERLY holidays and exam periods. The of- Associate Editors hands. With a pro-choice president poised to nominate a new, pro- fice is in the basement of Palmer choice Supreme Court justice, anti-choice activists will undoubtedly Hall. Staff meetings are held there The Sou'wester each Sunday JASON BRIOGS CORMIER grow increasingly violent over the next months. Some will reason, as afternoon at 4:30 and Contributing all students are welcome to attend. Editor it seems Michael Griffin did (who has asked to use the Bible in his welcomes the STEPHEN DEUSNER trial), that God's law condones their destructiveness if human laws do Interested parties are encouraged Photogrphy Editor not - even if the brutality hurts their own cause. The violence of these Weekly Diehl to write letters to the Editors, which CATHERINE CUELLAR extremists, as much pro-death as they are pro-life, will only continue. may be delivered to the office or ERIC MORATZKA to Rhodes sent via campus ail. 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Vd 5KqS p90kS 01A+ 01a (tA) The Sou'wester Rhodes College "ktesay--a - I'A c""f 1.rodTim Olcott 2000 N. Parkway * Memphis, TN 38112 @@1993 726-3970 ,Wednesda, March 24, M99 Opinion SI Things That Go "Bump" In The Night fall asleep at night if there was not a light on where they need to be for the show. This involves director went up and took that one down. which cast its warm and safe glow in my direc- climbing ladders and working with both of your At this time, I decided that I would have to tion. The dark, you see, brought with it many hands off the ladder. attempt it one more time. "What am I?" I creatures of varied and sundry shapes, sizes and I got to the McCoy and expected to see many thought to myself. I'm a twenty-one year-old tortures. It is amazing what a five year-old can people there already, which would mean that I man. How could I let a ladder stand in my way? imagine. Perhaps they should be the ones mak- would be able to help someone who was on a I steeled myself for the worst, told myself it ing horror flicks in Hollywood. Anyhow, at ladder. This was not the case. There were only wouldn't happen and went on up with all the op- some point in time, I lost this fear. I do not real- two people there aside from the light designer, timism I could muster. ly know how it happened; it simply occurred. who promptly asked me how I was with ladders. I got to the top, let go of the ladder and pro- Now I actually have a difficult time falling asleep I lied and said that I should be fine. What a ceeded to take the light down. The next thing I . Fear is something with which we are familiar. if the room isn't pitch black. mistake. knew, I had the light dismounted and was bring- Webster defines it as "an unpleasant often strong Believe it or not, I also used to be afraid of He told me to take the aluminum ladder and ing it down the ladder. I had actually done it! emotion caused by anticipation or awareness of crowds and audiences. I could not for the life of climb on up and take down a light to which he I climbed a ladder, worked on it and didn't fall down. danger." This is the clinical explanation for the me get on a stage and speak, perform, sing or was pointing. He handed me a wrench to help In the feeling accompanied by the sudden flutter of even just sit. This is another nuisance in my life me loosen it. I was thinking all the while about next hour and fifteen minutes I manag- which has left without even a clue as to how it how stupid I was to have so casually said that ed to take down about eight lights and hang millions of butterflies in.one's stomach, the sud- another seven. For me this was an incredible ac- den dryness in one's mouth, the instant racing was removed. Now I take the stage for many an I can deal with ladders. event. I'm a member of Singers and take the Not to look complishment. When it came time for me to of one's heart, the palms wet with perspiration, like a total fool, nor a total chicken, leave, I was actually a little sad to leave this in- etc. stage at the McCoy on occasion. As for public I put the wrench into my back pocket and climbed vigorating work behind. I had managed to con- Often fear is brought on by something more speaking, if I hadn't overcome that fear, I would the ladder. To say the least it was horrible. There quer a mountain in my life and for this I was real- fabrication than reality such as the monster under never be able to participate in Model United Na- was a person steadying the ladder for me but it ly proud. one's bed. At other times there is a real basis tions to the extent which I do. All of these things still moved an awful lot. I thought I would die. From that evening's work, I learned something for the feeling, but often not in the example at I thoroughly enjoy and yet fear once was a block I got to the top and realized that I would have about myself: If I face a fear dead on, I can over- hand such as the irrational fear of snakes which to their pleasures. to let go of the ladder and stand free on the top come it. This might sound very simplistic, but prevents one from dealing with a common garter Not wanting to bore you with a list of my fears, in order to take the light down. I really believe it is true. One merely needs to snake. I would like to talk about how I did overcome I couldn't believe that I'd made it up there, but suppress all those feelings of anxiety and simp- This is the fear - of snakes, spiders, mice, a fear just this past week. You see, heights have since I was there I might as well give the job at ly relax. Fear is something which attacks the heights, fire, water, ad infinitum - which most never been my specialty. I cannot really explain hand a try. I tried to unplug the light from the mind and one's mind is something which one often attacks the average person in his/her daily what it is, but climbing things that took me cable that gave it power. The ladder was shak- should be able to control. life. There is some basis for this fear, yet it is anywhere above my meager 5'7" almost lock- ing, my heart was pumping faster than I'd ever I've found at least a personal response to irra- rarely substantial enough to warrant the response ed my joints. Just the very climbing was well- felt it before, and I saw that I'd have to let go tional feelings of fear. All I need to do is over- these natural phenomena evoke in an individual. nigh impossible. As a result, I rarely climbed of the ladder to accomplish this. I tried to do it ride them with reason and charge on through. In some people these simple and often completely anything. Itwas simply easier to ignore and avoid with only one hand, thinking that my fingers Even if reason can't quite suppress all of the ir- harmless things can cause complete paralysis. heights than to attempt them. were nimble enough for the task and I'd make rationality, charging on through can make all the These people are not, however, the norm and Until last Monday night, my response was it with total ease. I was totally wrong. When I'd difference. Once one finds out that s/he can do usually have some sort of psychological distur- simply not to climb ladders and other such things. tried it one-handed with both my left and right something which s/he previously feared was im- bance. Their's is more than a fear, it's a phobia. Last Monday, I wasn't needed at rehearsal for hands, I decided that I couldn't do it at all. I possible, it will never be impossible again. Phobias are things with which I have personal- As You Like It and so the director suggested that climbed down the ladder. I'm not saying that I plan on parachuting or ly not dealt. To my knowledge, I have none. I go over to the McCoy and help with the light- The person who was holding the ladder for me bungee jumping - there are reasonable limits Hopefully I will never discover any either. I have hang. For those of you who are not familiar with climbed on up reluctantly. She had a difficult to my behavior - butI do know nOw that I don't had and do still have some "simple" fears. theatre lingo, "light-hang" is the time when you time with the wrench and chose the wrong bolt have to fear working on ladders or in other high I once was terrified of the dark. I could not take lights down from storage and hang them up to unscrew. She climbed down and the lighting places. I've reached new heights, so to speak.

Understanding Hate The most important thing about an outfit is the'ha.r "It's not easy to be calm when you've found down. Last year in Los Angeles after four police there's something going on. " Cat Stevens officers were found innocent of police brutality and the shoes. , I was watching C.N.N. on March 10, 1993 of Rodney King, the city rioted, destroying Dabbles will get you halfway when the news came on about the point blank millions of dollars of property and taking away killing of the abortion clinic doctor, David Gunn. the lives of dozens. Hate led to the worst civil there. The first clip was of an anti-abortion group stan- unrest this century. DABBLES ding in front of the Pensacola, Florida clinic still Where does Dr. David Gunn fit in all this? He * holding up signs that had pictures of Dr. Gunn was one man. One forty-seven year-old man, 19 North Cooper in a mock wanted poster. The next shot was of who was paid to perform abortions, who's now 901-725-0521 Dr. Gunn's assassin, Michael Griffin, quietly dead, because of his occupation. It's the hate in reading his Bible in a jail cell after he had ad- these people that scares me. In Time Magazine actually showed the blood stain on the ground mitted he committed the murder. According to this week Richard Lacayo writes, "Randall near Dr. Gunn's white Buick Skylark that he bystanders Griffin told Dr. Gunn "Don't kill any Terry, founder of Operation Rescue (an anti- drove every week on his thousand mile route to * EXTRA INCOME "93"r * more babies," right before he shot him in the abortion group), said he regretted the act but various clinics. Earn $2004500 weekly mailing 1993 back three times. The third sequence was of noted, after all, Dr. Gunn was a murderer of I have heard it said that hate consumes peo- UWTI travel brochures. For more in- another anti-abortionist who stated after the babies." An innocent man was murdered in front ple. It eats away at you and takes away your iden- formation send self-addressed murder that "because of what Michael Griffin of his own clinic in front of the aforementioned tity. In the same fashion hate is consuming our stamped envelope to: ' has done five or six babies are now alive." I turn- group of people who seem to profess love for country. Abortion rights are questioned with Travel INC. ed off the television after that and sat wonder- all of humanity who believes in the same things violence. Racism with untold violence is still a P.O. Box 2530 ing how it had come this far. they do. I guess you better get out of their way rift between people. Gang violence is a major if Miami, FL 33161 . ' I can't pin point when people began turning you don't agree, because "Thou shalt not kill" problem in our cities. The list goes on. David is evidently to be taken figuratively. According their hate into violence to solve problems. I Gunn is dead, because Michael Griffin believed to Tume Magazine, at another clinic protestors would guess when the earliest relative of man that a choice some women make went against his 52 ORIENTATION " scurried out into the darkness one night to forage yelled, "One down! How many more?" When for sustenance and a faster animal reached the is this going to end? morality. His morality, not theirs. He made the LEADERSHIP SLOTS OPENI choice for someone else and that is where his hate Sbeetle he was after first, the man probably threw Hate. The hate flows on and on. Dr. Gunn's Applications available in Student Affairs of- steered him wrong. a big stick at the other animal so he could still death stands out among the thousands, because fice. For more information call ext. 3552 or get his dinner. He got his beetle, but in the pro- he was killed for his beliefs by a man who kill- There is a secret which overcomes hate. It is ext. 3815. cess he started a clpin of violpnce. The next night ed for his own beliefs. I've immaturely clung to in a word "understanding". Understanding that 20 Orientation Leaders: To lead social the critter that was hit with the stick came with the notion that you have freedom of choice in not everyone feels the same way you do. and recreation activities. Application two of his friends and ambushed the man with this country. The Constitution is there to protect Understanding that issues which are not clear cut Deadhlne: March 26 " some rocks. Violence has been used to try to our rights, yet people still take the law into their do not need to be solved with violence. But most of all understanding that everyone gets one 30 Peer Assistants: Lead first-year stu- solve our problems ever since. own hands. Dr. Gunn's death seems insignifi- dent groups for the entire 1993;94 term. chance at life and every death takes away another At times during this century it has seemed we cant when compared with the hate of Hitler in Apploton DeadRo: March 26 were on the verge of learning that violence does World War H or the actions of the Khmer Rouge person who might have turned it all around. So not solve problems. Dr. Martin Luther King in Cambodia in the 1970's. But in the hateof this remember Dr. David Guna not as a slain abor- 2 Orentatlion Co-Chalr/Intern: Assist among others advocated the use of non-violence single act can be seen the seeds which lead to tion doctor, but as an extinguished candle, a can- with planning, implementation, and evua- ,to solve problems. It seemed we had finally greater acts of violence. A single act seen on dle with a smokey trail to remind you it didn't tion. Includes stipend of $750, housing, realized that changes could be made without the television in intricate detail is more vivid and real have to turn out this way. Dr. David Gunn, dead and limited meal plan. (starts June 15, loss of life. Martin Luther King was gunned in tragic terms than a large scale atrocity. They at age forty-seven. March 10, 1993. 1903) Appoation DeadIn: March 24 The Rhode'ster Vol. 2 No. 25 Rhodes College Wednesday, March 24, 1993 Book Bag Bandit Beaten Last semester, the campus was before left the campus baffled, the real struck with a rash of thefts. Many peo- Book Bag Bandit has been caught. ple finished with their Rat meals, on- While his name has not yet been ly to find that they no longer had a released, the Rhode'ster did manage book bag. This series of crimes began to get a picture of his capture. Accor- a long and intense investigation by the ding to anonymous sources the Ban- Rhode'ster, who was aided by Cam- dir's identify leaked out during an pus Safety. Honor Council meeting held to discuss' Together the two great forces came the pressing issue. Once the news up with many schemes to discover the began to spread, an angry mob began thief, then dubbed as the Book Bag to form in Fraternity Row. Bandit, but did not succeed in Unfortunately, the Book Bag Ban- discovering his/her whereabouts. dit was killed before any questions Shortly thereafter, someone came for- could be answered. It is now left to the ward. Teri Sullivan, the Rhode'ster Rhode'ster to put the pieces together Editor, confessed to the grisly crimes, to figure out the answers to these im- While she was arrested, it was later portant questions: Why did he do it? discovered that she was not the Book How did he fool Campus Safety? Bag Bandit. Evidently, she just did not Where did he get the idea? Did he have another idea for an editorial, and make much money? Did he like to date she needed more attention for the men or women? How did he feel about Rhode'ster. God? Now, after a long search that had -TS, Rhode'ster Editor

Tim Ballard sets world record for fart powered flight. The crowd disbanded after the record was set. -u.C.H. FREUDIAN CORNER by Jim "The Couch" Turner watching the refrigerator scene frm Lately, because the meal planner of 9 and 0 Wide over and over again. Letter to the Editor Events for the Week of March 25 - March 31 the Rat is letting oral-aversion com- Despite all of this, though, the steak Due to the courageous letter that Thursday, March 25 will be the lead guitarist. Brian plex act up again, I have been forced tacos aren't all that bad. was written to the Rhode'ster this There will be a luncheon held in Foshee, director of Physical Plant; will to partake of fast food in the evenings. The next example is Wendy's. Now, week, the Rhode 'sterEditorial will not honor of all the people who were put be on drums. Director of Campus Golly! I never knew what kind of you may ask, "What could be wrong appear. However, The Rhode'ster on the waiting list for rooms this year. Safety, Ralph Hatley, will be appear- deep, psycho-sexual problems pop up with a restaurant named after a cute lit- Editor is free for dinner if you are President Daughdrill has singled these ing as the bass guitarist. And finally, on the menu of those places. Let's look tle girl with red pigtails?" Well my " paying. people out to ask them to live in his President Daughdrill will be making at some examples. friend, I direct you to the fact that the new house with him and his wife un- his debut as the lead vocalist, singing First, Taco Bell (aka Taco Hell) has restaurant itself is named after a girl I would just like to thank Teri til a suitable room can be found for such songs as "Down in the Dumps all of these interesting comments with an item of a porvine posterior on Sullivan for her last editorial. It was them. Habitat for Humanity is also at Rhodes," and "Give Me a Break, plastered on their menus. The little her head. If you think about it long so helpful. I was so stressed out before starting a fund for these new homeless For Once, Please." Spring Break. I had no idea where to blurbs say "Get Crunched!" "Get enough, you'll realise why I don't people. Apparently Mike and Vanessa Munched!" and the like. Let's think want Dave even touching my food. go. I didn't want to go to the beach. were a success. Saturday, march 28 Let's all give them a about this. These seemingly harmless What about Subway. Just look at the Nothing sounded fun. None of the sug- hand and wish them well at the Drug A picket has been planned for this little comments are directing us to ex- rolls 'Nuff said. gestions that my friends had were in- Rehabilitation Center. weekend by the Campus Safety of- teresting. I had almost resolved to go ficers, so the gates will be closed, and perience certain things. It just so hap- Finally, Krystals. Their spokesman, *home and spend a boring week with Friday, March 26 everyone will be locked in. Several pens that these experiences are some my friends, is a head named Bob. He's my boring parents. There will be a dance in the am- Dorms are planning events for the of the more violent actions of the a head. He ran for president. He has phitheatre beginning at 9:00 to in- lock-in. mouth. So, if we expand and clarify a dog. He's been a hood ornament. He Then lightening hit. I read Teri's troduce a new Rhodesian Band. The As for the rest of the week, well, these little blurbs, we get, "I think you is a head who's been everywhere. He -editorial. Suddenly it all seemed so band was formed by the most heckled there's really nothing going on that should place your body in someone's is, in fact, merely the manifestation of clear. on group of people on campus. Todd anyone would care about. mouth and insist that he or she bites someone's sexual fantasies. Yep, I decided to go to the beach after all. Bryant, Director of Food Services, -TS, Rhodes'ster Editor down." Ya'll, this is just plain sick. somewhere out their in advertising -The only thing different was that this Whoever is doing these little things is land is someone who wants a head time I had resolved to wear a woman's so adamant about his regression into that's been everywhere. I wonder if bikini. At first I was nervous. I didn't Top Ten Things a Professor an oral-aggressive state that he wants this is the same person who came up " think that I could pull it off. I had everyone else to join this little pervert with the "Small is better" slogan. I never worn women's clothing before. Has To Do to Get Tenure in that pitiful state of mind. Right now, bet it is. SAnd I felt very self-conscious in the 10. When offered drugs or alcohol--just say no! I bet this person has a whole box of Folks, all in all, maybe it would be tight piece of material. But, I pushed those little wind-up teeth and is plac- better if we just grew and cooked our myself to overcome my anxieties, and 9. Pray towards Diehl statute five times a day. ing them all over his body while own food. you know what ... I pulled it off! I received many whistles from the 8. When Libby Daughdrill talks to you at a cocktail party-Dammit! Act like men on the beach. They called me you know who she is. 'things like "Sexy" and "Beautiful." 7. Two words: campus maintenance. CORRECTION I felt so uplifted. 6. Sell more cookies than anyone else in the department. I discovered something else about Last week in the Rhode'ster, we printed an article en- -myself that weekend. I realized that I 5. Consistenly address President Daughdrill as "Big Daddy." titled, "Presidential Renovations Are a Great Success" enjoyed wearing that bikini. I enjoyed 4. Beat President Daughdrill in best two of three falls in Wrestlemania IV. by Jim Turner. However, we just learned that Freudian it so much that I started wearing my Comer Jim Turner did not write this article. .girlfriend's underwear. Sometimes, I 3. If someone tries to steal library books, grab them and apply sleeper hold just feel a need to release my feminine until Campus Safety arrives. Is there another Jim Turner hidden somewhere among 'side, and I now have that courage. 2. Stop secretly sending money to David Koresh in Waco, Texas. the thickets and back alleys of Rhodes College waiting Thank you, Teri. to come out into the light? Signed, i. Do some tenure-quality butt-kissing. A Nineties Kinda Guy -ED NOOOooooooo I I I